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Dear Ladies, שתחי׳

We hope this letter finds you well and in good health.

Baruch Hashem, as we approach another Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur, we are willing to reserve a seat for LADY MEMEBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

We will attempt, to the best of our ability, to allocate the seats according to where the ladies sit throughout the year, but we cannot guarantee how the seats will be assigned. We will also consider accommodating places for unmarried girls over Bat Mitzva to sit next to or close to their mothers.

Please tick for which day(s):

1)    Rosh Hashana DAY 1                                     _______

2)    Rosh Hashana DAY 2                                     _______

3)    BOTH DAYS OF ROSH HASHANA         _______

4)    ONLY Yom Kippur                                        _______

5)    BOTH (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur)      _______

Please let us know below who the seat is for:

1)    Name _______________________________

2)    Name _______________________________

3)    Name _______________________________

4)    Name _______________________________

5)    Name _______________________________

Please reply to THIS EMAIL with the above information

Please note, we will gladly reserve and allocate you a seat; however, if, for example, you are allocated a seat for Yom Kippur but can only come for Ne’ilah please understand that your seat cannot be kept vacant all day, when others could use the seat until you arrive.

Therefore, we endeavour to do the following:

·      A clear sign will be posted asking ladies to respect the allocated seating plan by not sitting in someone’s allocated place and to vacate the seat as soon as the lady comes.

·      If someone is sitting in your allocated seat when you arrive, you have the right to politely ask that person to move.

·      We request that you ask the lady to move in the most polite, discreet and nicest way possible so as not to cause embarrassment, offence or any discomfort whatsoever.

NON-MEMBERS

For non-members, there will be a charge of £25 per seat per day to have an allocated place in the ladies’ gallery.

Alternatively, become a country member for £180 per annum as a family (Full membership is £360 per annum), and this entitles you to free seats for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur.

If you want to pray with us but have financial issues, then please speak to the treasurer privately, and arrangements can be made. We will NEVER turn you down.

Payments can be made

1)    Directly to a member of the executive or Mahamad

2)    Bank Details:

Manchester Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Account: 49286544
Sort: 01-07-20

          3) Using this link: charityextra.com/charity/moorlane

Thanking you in advance.

Tizku leshanim rabot

The Gabbaim

 PS – Whilst there is no charge for allocating you a seat, any donations made will be gratefully appreciated.

לוח זמני  תפילה לקיץ תשפ״ו

Summer Timetable 5786 – 2026

Nitzavim

On the last day of his life, Moshe gathers together all the people, young and old, lowly and exalted, men and women in a final initiation. The covenant includes not only those who are present, but even those generations not yet born. Moshe admonishes the people again to be extremely vigilant against idol worship, because in spite of having witnessed the abominations of Egypt, there will always be the temptation to experiment with foreign philosophies as a pretext for immorality.

Moshe describes the desolation of the Land of Israel which will be a result of the failure to heed Hashem’s mitzvahs. Both their descendants and foreigners alike will remark on the singular desolation of the Land and its apparent inability to be sown or to produce crops. The conclusion will be apparent to all — the Jewish People have forsaken the One who protects them, in favor of idols which can do nothing. Moshe promises, however, that the people will eventually repent after both the blessings and the curses have been fulfilled. However assimilated they will have become among the nations, eventually G-d will bring them back to Eretz Yisrael.

Moshe tells the people to remember that the Torah is not a remote impossibility. Rather, its fulfillment is within the grasp of every Jew. The Torah portion dramatically concludes with Moshe's comparing the Jewish People's choice to follow the Torah to a choice between life and death. Moshe exhorts the people to choose life.

Vayelech

On this, the last day of his life, Moshe goes from tent to tent throughout the camp, bidding farewell to his beloved people, encouraging them to keep the faith. Moshe tells them that whether he is among them or not, Hashem is with them, and will vanquish their enemies. Then he summons Yehoshua, and in front of all the people, exhorts him to be strong and courageous as the leader of the Jewish People. In this manner, he strengthens Yehoshua's status as the new leader.

Moshe teaches them the mitzvah of Hakhel. E very seven years, on the first day of the intermediate days of Succot, the entire nation, including small children, is to gather together at the Temple to hear the King read from the Book of Devarim. The sections that he reads deal with faithfulness to G-d, the Covenant, and reward and punishment. G-d tells Moshe that his end is near, and he should therefore summon Yehoshua to stand with him in the Mishkan, where G-d will teach Yehoshua. G-d then tells Moshe and Yehoshua that after entering the Land, the people will be unfaithful to Him, and begin to worship other gods. G-d will then completely hide his face, so that it will seem that the Jewish People are at the mercy of fate, and that they will be hunted by all. G-d instructs Moshe and Yehoshua to write down a song — Ha'azinu — which will serve as a witness against the Jewish People when they sin. Moshe records the song in writing and teaches it to Bnei Yisrael. Moshe completes his transcription of the Torah, and instructs the Levi'im to place it to the side of the Aron (Holy Ark), so that no one will ever write a new Torah scroll that is different from the original — for there will always be a reference copy.